John
Reeder
aka Reader
Born about in Essex, Suffolk, England
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Margaret Thourp (Unknown) Reeder
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died before
before about age 46
in Newtown, Queens (Long Island), New York
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Biography
John Reeder immigrated to New England between 1621 and 1640 and later departed for Long Island
"READER, JOHN, Springfield 1636, had gr. of ld. but did not long cont. perhaps was of New Haven in 1643; Stratford 1650; but last of Newtown, L. I. 1656."[1]
John Reeder's birth is estimated at by 1614.[2]
John Reader was granted land in Springfield, called Agawam, (now Massachusetts, then part of the Connecticut Colony) 16 May 1636, which was the year that Springfield was established. The land was thus described, "Next the lott of John Cable lys the lott of John Reader beinge twelve rod in bredth and fouer acres and a halfe in marish at the fore end of his home lott.[3]
It is believed he was the same man who three years later, 4 June 1639, signed the Fundamental Agreement of New Haven..[4]
Court 5 Febr. 1639/40. "Itt is ordered by the court, thatt Mr. Malbon and John Reader, and whosoever else hath any thing to doe wth the estate of William Thorpe, late deceased, shall appeare att the next court for the settleing of thatt busines."[4]
Court 3 Aprill 1640. "Itt is ordered that John Reader in whose hands William Thorps goods was left, shall have them forth comeing so as to give a good accoumpt of them att the next court, or when he shall be called, thatt those to whom he was ingaged may be satisfied."[4] Unfortunately nothing is ever said again in the court records about this.
Court 7th 2d Mon 1640 (probably 1641). "John Reader was fined 40s for breakeing the order of the Court in exacting greater wages (then the Court had deter mined,) for 20 dayes worke wch he confessed he had received mony for."[4]
He is recorded in New Haven, during 1643, with a family of two persons and an estate of £140.[5][4]
John Reader, of New Haven, 1643, came to Stratford among the first Settlers. His home lot, No. 10, he sold with several pieces of land in 1659, to David Mitchell, and appears to have removed from the town.[6]
A 1656 list entitled "the Indian rate," is a nearly perfect list of the male residents of Middelburg Village of Newtown in 1656, four years after the town was planted. It is the rate that each "purchaser" paid to buy the land from the indians, and was based on the number of acres each held. John Reeder paid a fairly average amount of £1 10s 0d. A John, farmer, made an agreement 4 Jan. 1666-7 with a group of neighbors to build one fence to protect their plantings, however in light of the suggested death by 1660, perhaps this is the son John.[7]
John died at Newtown by 9 Mar 1660."[8]
John married probably as a second wife, Margaret ____, who died at Newtown, Long Island in 1676. She married second, between 1671 and 1675, Samuel Toe of Newtown. 19 Mar 1671 the "Wido Reder" bought six acres in Newtown.[9]
Margaret Toe, widow of Newtown, made her will 22 Feb 1675, which was proved 25 May 1676. She gave lands to her three sons, Jacob, Isaac and Jeremy Reder. Joseph Reder was a witness and she described her homelot as bounded by "John Reder's lot" indicating that she was a second wife and not mother of Joseph and John sons of her husband.[10]
Children: John and Joseph by first unknown wife. Jacob Jeremiah and Isaac by Margaret.[2]
- John b. c. 1645 (age given in a deposition) m. 1665 Joanna Burroughs d/o John and Elizabeth (Jessup) (Reed) Burroughs
- Joseph b. c. 1647; d. before 1722 unm.
- Jacob died at Newtown 1695; m. Martha Furman.
- Jeremiah removed to Woodbridge, New Jersey; d. 1722; m. Elizabeth Simpson
- Isaac m. Sarah Hunt d/o Edward.
Sources
- ↑ Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692. Vol. I-IV. Boston, MA, USA: 1860-1862.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 McArthur, Selim Walker,. McArthur-Barnes ancestral lines. Portland, Me.: Anthoensen Press, 1964. p. 51+ Accessed at Ancestry ($) or Borrow at Archive.org
- ↑ Burt, Henry M. The first century of the history of Springfield; the official records from 1636 to 1736, with an historical review and biographical mention of the founders. Springfield, Mass.: 1898 pp. 40, 159
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Records of the Colony and Plantation of New Haven, From 1638 to 1649. Hoadley, Charles J, MA. (editor) Hartford: Case, Tiffany and Company, 1857. This is the original printed work at Google Books. p. 17, 28, 31, 51, 92
- ↑ History of the Colony of New Haven to Its Absorption Into Connecticut By Edward Elias Atwater, Lucy M. Hewitt, Bessie E. Beach. Meriden, Connecticut: 1902. v.2 p.66
- ↑ Orcutt, Samuel. A history of the old town of Stratford and the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Fairfield County Historical Society, 1886. pp 96, 104, 188, 242
- ↑ Riker, James. The Annals of Newtown, in Queens County, New-York: Containing Its History from Its First Settlement, Together with Many Interesting Facts Concerning the Adjacent Towns ; Also, a Particular Account of Numerous Long Island Families Now Spread Over this and Various Other States of the Union. New York: D. Fanshaw, 1852.
- ↑ Colket, Meredith B. Jr. Founders of Early American Families. Second Revised Edition. Cleveland, Ohio: The Ohio Society with the authority of The General Court of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, 2002. cites:McArthur, Selim Walker. "McArthur-Barnes Ancestral Lines. Portland, Maine: The Anthoensen Press, 1964.
- ↑ McArthur: citing Newtown Town Records 1:41, 71
- ↑ McArthur: citing Abstracts of Wills, New York, 1:38
See Also:
- First Families of America, Inst of Genealogy, Vol 5, p487, 1933
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Edward JESSUP of Westchester Co., New York, made his will on 6 August 1666, and it was probated 14 November of the same year. His will is now on record in the Surrogate's Office in New York city (v.1,pp.31-33). He bequeathed twenty shillings to his daughter Elizabeth HUNT; to his daughter Hannah JESSOP the sum of five and thirty pounds to be paid her at eighteen years of age; to his son, Edward JESSOP, two mares with two colts by their sides; to his grandchild, Mary HUNT twenty shillings; to his "couzen"Johannah BURROUGHS twenty shillings; to Derrick GASSON a Cow calf; and the remainder of his estate to his wife, Elizabeth JESSOP. Elizabeth JESSOP, his wife, was named executrix. His "well beloved friends", Richard CORNHIL, Mrs. Sarah BRIDGES, "my well beloved brother-in-law” John BURROUGHS, and Ralph HUNT were named overseers. Surrogate's Office, N.Y., Liber I, fol.14. Prime, Temple, DESCENT of COMFORT SANDS (1886), PP.87-91.
Thomas Pettit II the son of Thomas & Christina married Sarah Perry the daughter of Richard Perry & Mary Malbon.. Richard Perry Will was proved 11 January 1649/50.. Mary the widow of Richard Perry married second Peter Meacock Will dated August 12 1659 Ricard Fido sold land of Richard Meacock March 2 1661 page 116 ‘ Richard bought of widow Meacocke with all the fences belonging there unto with all meadows and uplands belonging to the above said Plantation saving two apple trees that was by the widow given to her daughters Mary Toe and Sarah Pettit and one little tale standing in the house that is Mary Toes, with orchard and garden”
Mary Perry married Joseph Toe the son of Samuel Toe his second wife was the Margaret Jessup the widow of John Reader
edited by Jillaine Smith
John Burroughs & his wife Elizabeth the widow of Thomas Reed succumbed from the same illness dying a few months from each other.
John Burroughs July 1678 Will to my good friends Thomas Pettit & Gershom Moore. Elizabeth Burroughs Nov. 1678 Will names son in law Samuel Moore and gives bequest to sister "Hannah Pettit"
Thomas Pettit divorced Sarah Perry 1672 (record) and married Hannah the widow of John Moore the brother to Gershom & Samuel Moore. "Hannah Pettit" is not the daughter of Thomas & Christian according to the history of Newfield died Dec 1637. Edward Jessup 1666 Will to my beloved brother-in-law John Burroughs was married to Elizabeth their son John Burroughs was born 1665. He also gave a bequest to his couzen meaning niece Joannah Burroughs the daughter of John Burroughs married John Reeder Jr. in 1665.
The will proves that Elizabeth, Hannah & Margaret were sisters of Edward Jessup.
The association John Reeder had with William Thorpe does not prove that he was married to his daughter, the association was for a trading debit owed to both him and Richard Malbon one of the founders of New Haven Colony. John Reader came as a young man with William Pynchon the colonial treasurer of Massachusetts Bay Company and founder of a trading post called Springdale Mass. He returned to London and was a passenger in 1637 on the ship Hector with the merchants of St. Stephens Church of London and their former Vicar John Davenport and his secretary Richard Malbon, they established the New Haven Colony. Genealogy books know very little of history. John Jessup did not die in 1637 he was a merchant trader and attorney and represented Matthew Craddock the first governor of Massachusetts Company and the director of the East India Company who managed his empire from London. His trading partner was Robert Harding who represented various clients associated with Robert Rich the Earl of Warwick whose secretary was William Jessop. John Reader had a trading post in New Haven Colony and married Margert or Margarey the daughter of John Jessup called the founder of Hartford Conn. John Jessup went to Southampton Long Island with some Wethersfield men to establish a government and Trade. Records confuse him with his son John Jessup Jr.
Samuel Toe, John Burroughs, Edward Jessup were founders of the English settlement in Middleburg Samuel Toes son in law was William Reade brother of Thomas Reade who built the house and church for Rev. JOHN Moore. Elizabeth Jessup first married Thomas Reed their daughter Mary Reed b. 1651 who married Capt Samuel Moore. (connection REED MOORE & BURROUGHS RECORDED IN SALEM) Joanna Burroughs was the daughter of John Burroughs and Ann Thompson and was married to John Reed in 1665 when Edward Jessup wrote out his Will in 1666. Margart Toe gave a land to one of her sons that was adjacent to the land of Samuel Moore husband of Mary Reed her niece... Thomas Pettit divorced Sarah Perry in 1672 (daughter of Widow Meacock and sister of Mary Toe) his second wife was Hannah the widow of John Moore and the sister of Elizabeth Burroughs... She is Hannah Pettit in her will.
edited by A. F. Miranda
John Burroughs (Sr,) who married the widow Elizabeth Reed, did not have a daughter with his second wife Elizabeth; they had one son, John Burroughs (Jr). By first husband, Thomas Reede, Elizabeth Pettit had two daughters Mary and Sarah, and two sons Joseph and John. Thomas Reede died in the approx. year of 1664. John Burroughs was born the following year. The Jessup woman, daughter of Edward Jessup, was married first to Ralph Hunt (Sr). The documentation for this information can be found in the Annals of Newtown of Queens County, New York. The listing of children is also listed in Elizabeth Reed Burrough's Will; she dying shortly after John.
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Will Elizabeth Boroughs named her son in law Samuel Moore executor of her Will issue Joseph Reed, John Reed, Mary Moore & Sarah Reed and son John Burroughs Jr. born 1665
Edward Jessup 1666 Will called John Burroughs's brother-in-law when he was married to Elizabeth with a son b. 1665.
Source: Annuals of Newtown Capt. Samuel Moore held various offices and served office for a series of years. He died July 1717 and his widow, whose maiden name was Mary Reed died May 4, 1738, at age 87. Elizabeth Burroughs had a daughter born in 1651. How could she be a daughter of Thomas Pettit from New Hampshire???
records can be found of Thomas & Elizabeth Reed Milford Ct. (New Haven Colony) Edward Jessup & John Burroughs Salem Ct. (New Haven Colony) Thomas & Christian Pettit New Hampshire all removed by 1657 to the English settlement of Middleburg a Dutch outpost in New Netherlands.
It is very unlikely that this is the same Hannah Pettit b. 1646/47 daughter of Thomas & Christian Pettit as she would have been age 32 in 1678 and considered an old maid anyway History of "Newfield New Hampshire 1638-1911 "Hannah Pettit" daughter of Thomas & Christian died Dec 1636"
see https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Thorpe-992
edited by Beryl Meehan